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Cancer Research UK are lucky bunnies: already this week we’ve had a Braveheart-style opus from Mother for the charity’s ‘Pink Army’ of female runners and now here’s another beauty from AMV BBDO. I can think of a few household name ...

Oreo is one of those products that seem to have a life of their own. Described as a ‘chocolate sandwich cookie’ (although the filling isn’t chocolate) it’s been selling by the bucketload since 1912. Owner Mondelez International and The Martin ...

France used to be the best, most glamorous place in the world. The best food, wonderful countryside, Paris the ‘City of Light’ and the prettiest women. I’m sure the girls are still great – on my fleeting business trips I ...

It’s the Cheltenham jump racing festival next week and Bet Victor is among the runners and riders as part of a campaign to extend betting’s appeal outside football. Horse racing is betting’s traditional turf of course but football seems to ...

Women seems to be on the march more than ever these days (when do they find time to do the ironing?), what with International Women’s Day coming up and Cancer Research UK’s ‘Race For Life’ programme of 300 or so ...

Sunday is International Women’s Day and Procter & Gamble’s Always and agency Leo Burnett are bringing back the #likeagirl campaign, as you would. This time the theme is ‘stronger together’ with girls doing un-girly things in a, well, male-ish way. ...

US advertising poster boy Alex Bogusky (left), formerly the Bogusky in Crispin Porter+Bogusky, is launching a new ‘social impact’ agency called Fearless in partnership with the Disney/Univision cable TV outfit Fusion. The agency aims to help “socially-minded corporations, foundations and ...

Alan Shearer isn’t biggest fan of owner Mike Ashley’s Newcastle United these days – not an uncommon position it seems – but he’s been prevailed upon to revisit his home town club for Barclays’ ‘Spirit of the Game’ promotion. This ...

If this were any other marketing website, I’d have probably used this space to write a piece with a headline like “28 Things We Learned from #TheDress.” Or “The Brand Winners and Losers from Dressgate.” But this isn’t Buzzfeed, you’re ...

Whenever there’s a Conservative Party General Election campaign there’s a Saatchi – and M&C Saatchi has been quick out of the blocks with a new poster for this year’s election in May. Other agencies may sniff around the account – ...